Sven Kasser @svenkasser.bsky.social Genes & culture & coevolution, oh my!
Bio PhD @ St Andrews (w/ Kevin Lala) | Oxford | Stanford
Now a postdoc with Brenna Henn (UC Davis) and Caitlin Uren (Stellenbosch)
Opinions are my mom’s due to vertical cultural transmission - he/him.
Emily Kubin @emilykubin.bsky.social Post-Doc @ Experimental Psych Oxford studying the role of morality and media in polarization and how to bridge divides.
https://emily-kubin.owlstown.net/
EASP Strasbourg 2026 @easp2026.bsky.social Official Bluesky account of the General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology that will take place in Strasbourg in 2026.
Isabel Picornell Garcia @picornell.eurosky.social Caffeinated forensic linguist researching deception in authorship style and faked (con)texts.Visiting Research Fellow, AIFL. 🇪🇺 🖖
#Humanist #ForensicLinguistics #Eurosky
Žiga Puklavec @puklavecziga.bsky.social PhD candidate at Tilburg University - Economic Psychology. Studying why people pay taxes.
SCOPE @scope-rptu.bsky.social Societal COmmunication in times of PErmacrisis - a consortium of researchers investigating how profound & long-lasting crises influence information processing, social cohesion, and political decision-making.
Visit: https://scope.projects.rptu.de
Lena Hahn @lenahahn.bsky.social PostDoc | Uni Trier @unitrier.bsky.social and Leibniz Institute for Psychology @zipd.bsky.social | Research interest: Prefactual thinking, cognitive conflict, and network analysis. All views are my own.
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Some Dare Call It Conspiracy Podcast @somedarepodcast.bsky.social Two former conspiracists debunking conspiracy theories and disinformation.
"It's a great listen! I hope more people check it out." - Travis View (QAA Podcast)
🔥🦉🔥 @brentlee.bsky.social
🔥🦉🔥 @neilsanderssdcic.bsky.social
Patrice Gagnon @patricegagnon.bsky.social Père, amoureux, syndicaliste, montréalais et québécois! @ufcwcanada.bsky.social / @laftq.bsky.social
Elsa Hedling @elsahedling.bsky.social Researcher and teacher @lunduniversity and associate fellow @UISweden International relations, European studies, digital politics and diplomacy
@pauloday.bsky.social @pauloday.bsky.social Full stack app dev now, cybersecurity engineer later. I like games.
Scott Reid @ascottreid.bsky.social At BBC Sport. Bouncing between Glasgow (nearly) and Salford. Will go on about news, sport, Scottish stuff, Eurovision etc. Any rare views are very much my opinion alone.
Cat Rainsford @cat-rainsford.bsky.social Transition minerals investigator for Global Witness | Formerly InSight Crime | Views my own.
Covers crime, corruption and environment, focus on LatAm and West Africa.
Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina @leopoldina.org Die Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina berät Politik und Gesellschaft unabhängig zu wichtigen Zukunftsthemen.
Impressum: http://leopoldina.org/impressum
Nelly @nellyp.checkfirst.network Co-founder, COO @checkfirst.network - Information integrity, FIMI, platforms accountability and so on.
also Team ObSINT @obsint.eu 🔍
Hebe Campbell @hebecampbell.bsky.social Video Journalist and Presenter at The Independent. Covering disinformation/social media.
Olga Robinson @olgar.bsky.social Assistant Editor, BBC Verify and BBC Monitoring
amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social If you’re a staff journalist here to rewrite my posts, you can at least credit me as a fellow journalist. Ty!
https://authory.com/AmandaMoore
https://www.turtlediaries.net/
Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com 🙅🏻♀️ Author (2 books & The Wayfinder newsletter), disinformation expert, advocate for targets of online abuse.
☀️ CEO, @americansunlight.org
😆 Tucker Carlson once called me a “highly self confident young woman” and meant it as an insult
Allison Neitzel @alineitzelmd.bsky.social whowhatwhy.org/author/allison-neitzel/
Cecilie Traberg, PhD @cecilietraberg.bsky.social Cambridge-trained psychologist
AI, influence & digital threats
Assistant Professor at Copenhagen Business School
Mum x 3, advocating for a parent-friendly academia
Erin Gallagher @3r1ng.bsky.social Social media network analysis. Digital ethnography. Formerly: Technology & Social Change Project: https://shorensteincenter.org/programs/technology-social-change/ she/her
Medium blog: https://erin-gallagher.medium.com/
Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social Columnist @TheDailyBeast, creator of the Russian Media Monitor, sanctioned by Russia.
I watch Russian state TV, so you don't have to.
Author of a book "In Their Own Words: How Russian Propagandists Reveal Putin’s Intentions."
makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social writing about politics + the internet
formerly: @wired.com, @theverge.com
DMs open, Signal: makenakelly.32
FAQ, Instagram, + everything else at linktr.ee/makenakelly
Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk Researches Propaganda & IW; Visiting Prof @notredame.bsky.social; Fellow @ Bard; Associate @ Cambridge; Owner Maven of Persuasion; Snr Researcher Oscar-shortlisted The Great Hack on #CambridgeAnalytica. 🐕 https://emma-briant.co.uk signal: Emmalbriant.44
Karma2023 @karma2023.bsky.social Michael Protzman aka -48 cult researcher.
Conspiracy theories/QAnon researcher.
Dr. Christine Sarteschi, LCSW @drsarteschi.bsky.social Full Professor of SW & Criminology | Extreme violence researcher. Books about #Sovereigncitizens | Support my work: https://ko-fi.com/drsarteschi | Opinions own & RPs not endorsements
Abbie Richards @abbierichards.bsky.social I research and create educational videos about misinformation, propaganda, climate change, and sometimes (unfortunately) AI
Lea Frühwirth @leafruehwirth.bsky.social All things digital discourse and its impact on society and politics | Disinformation & Propaganda | Senior Researcher @ CeMAS
Noelle Cook @noellecook.com Author of The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging (Broadleaf Books, 2026) | Associate Producer + Researcher, The Conspiracists (2024) | https://linktr.ee/NoelleCook
noellecook.com
Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca Information Ecologist exploring the information environment | Senior Fellow at @carnegieendowment.org and Director of @ieproject.bsky.social | PhD from KCL War Studies | Visiting Researcher @uniofbath.bsky.social | Author of The Information Animal 🇨🇦
Eto Buziashvili @buziashvili.bsky.social Malign influence and info ops | Foreign interference | Russia @ Atlantic Council, DFRLab. Views my own. 🇺🇦
Annie Kelly @annieknk.bsky.social Researching antifeminism, conspiracy theories and the far right. PhD from UEA, former postdoc on Everything is Connected project. UK correspondent for QAA Podcast + MAN CLAN and writer of Vaccine: The Human Story. New series TRULY TRADLY DEEPLY out now!
Steph Halmhofer @cultarchaeo.bsky.social 🇨🇦 (BC)Archaeologist & PhD candidate: Brother XII & the Aquarian Foundation | archaeology of conspirituality | landscape archaeology | pseudoarchaeology | far-right pseudo/archaeology (she/her)
https://bonesstonesandbooks.com/publication
Sarah Thust @timetodiscover.bsky.social Journalistin bei correctiv.org/faktencheck | Porträt von Ivo Mayr
Hier privat mit den Themen: Faktencheck, Osint, Medienkompetenz, Telegram, Kambodscha und Frankreich
Julia Smirnova @jsmirnova.bsky.social Senior researcher for @cemas.io. Disinfo, extremism, technology. Previously, @isdglobal and journalist writing for @spiegel, @zeit, @welt. Alumna @warstudies
Aoife Gallagher @aoifegall.bsky.social Senior analyst at @isdglobal.
Previously, Investigations @ Storyful.
Extremism, conspiracy theories, mis/disinfo
Author of Web Of Lies: The Lure and Danger of Conspiracy Theories.
https://www.dubraybooks.ie/product/web-of-lies-9780717195121
🇮🇪🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com UK-based Investigative Journalist & OSINT bod.
Author of Incel:The Weaponisation of Misogyny (out now with Aurora Metro Books)
Email: katherinedenkinson@protonmail.com
Website: www.KDenkWrites.com
Tessa Knight @awildknight.bsky.social Researching disinformation for DFRLab | She/her | DMs usually open | tessaknight132@protonmail.com
Kim LaCapria 🧿🌶🤘 @kimlacapria.bsky.social https://www.youtube.com/@fatecheckpod
Always folklore, fact checking, and disinfo. Covering climate. Sometimes lifestyle/shopping. Sea witch, widow, Lokean 💖 and proud parent 🏳🌈 May or may not be notable 🧿
Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social Medical Oncologist/Hematologist
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Public health
Climate activist
Universal Health Care Advocate
Dr Susan Oliver (PhD) @drsusanoliver.bsky.social Scientist who is passionate about correcting misinformation
https://www.youtube.com/backtothescience
Maria Giovanna Sessa @netosessa.bsky.social Research Manager @disinfo.eu • GBD, FIMI & DSA are some of my favorite acronyms • Based in Milan, but traveling often 🛸✨
linktr.ee/netosessa
Dr Bethan Juliet Oake @bethanjuliet.bsky.social PhD in Sociology of Religion, researcher focusing on Satanic moral panic. Interested in all things folklore, myth, moral panic and the occult. Tutor in Religious Studies & History of Science at the University of Leeds
Diana Wallis @dianapwallis.bsky.social A european in Yorkshire; a lawyer & I have been a politician (european) now indulging a love of history mainly medieval with a focus on the disputes of York’s 15th century Merchant Adventurers.
@tinfoiltales-au.bsky.social @tinfoiltales-au.bsky.social A podcast about anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theorists, pseudolaw & politics….with an Australian bent
Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social Social psychologist concerned about inequality, misinformation, conspiracy theories, and online subcultures. Ethical vegan. Often targeted by trolls; Never bothered by them. Views always my own. She/her/doorknob depends who you ask.
Dr Elesa Zehndorfer @elesazehndorfer.bsky.social Award winning writer. New politics book 'Post Truth Politics: A Brave New World? (Routledge) coming soon. Author, eMBA lecturer, Psychology Today blog: Political Animals & Animal Spirits. TEDx speaker. PT/ & Pilates coach.
Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social Subscribe to my tech and online culture newsletter UserMag.co
Listen/watch Power User podcast on all platforms!!
Support my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/taylorlorenz
Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social Writer, actor, audiobook narrator, notorious tryhard
Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social Reporter lady @ms.now
Signal username: brandyzadrozny.53
Email from a non-work account: brandy.zadrozny@ms.now
Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social 🌐Studies influence, propaganda, platform design@Georgetown
✍🏼Lawfare,The Atlantic, Substack/Ghost Newsletter (signup on my site if you want Ghost)
📕Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality (invisiblerulers.com)
🦹🏻♀️Twitter Files supervillain
Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social journalist, author, reads too much. haggard and unblest. trans guy, he/him.
newsletter:
buttondown.email/theswordandthesandwich
contact: talialavinwrites@gmail.com
Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social Journalist at Mother Jones and elsewhere, author, writer of social media posts on micro-blogging sites. Tips to Amerlan@motherjones.com or on Signal, username annamerlan.30
Tess Owen @tessowen.bsky.social Senior video correspondent for WSJ. Previous: words & reporting in New Yorker, NY Mag, Guardian, WIRED & VICE News etc. Send tips and say hi by email tess.owen@wsj.com, or signal tessowen.77
Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social Researcher of online rumors & disinformation. Former basketball player. Prof at University of Washington, HCDE. Co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Personal account: Views may not reflect those of my employer.
Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social Bestselling author of THEY KNEW, HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, THE VIEW FROM FLYOVER COUNTRY and THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP.
https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/
Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social My Book: Giving Up Is Unforgivable |UALawSchool |MSNOW Legal Analyst |Podcasts #SistersInLaw & Cafe Insider|Obama US Atty |25 year fed'l prosecutor|Wife & Mom of 4|Knits a lot|Civil Discourse newsletter: joycevance.substack.com
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Ex-Guardian/Observer. Now co-founder brand new all-women journalist collective, www.thenerve.news. Tech justice stuff: www.the-citizens.com. Personal newsletter: www.broligarchy.substack.com
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social Senior Koch Fellow, Wadham College, Oxford. Emerita Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought, Penn. Ride or die Eagles fan, traveler and gin drinker.
Jillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social Author of Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism (Verso 2021).
Work @eff.org, teach at College of Europe Natolin, sing and play 🎷 in a band, live in London, full bio at https://jilliancyork.com/about
Views are mine alone.
BostonJoan 🏳️🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social I am the founder of The Critical Internet Studies Institute and an Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies at Boston University
www.criticalinternet.org
Safiya Umoja Noble, PhD @safiyanoble.bsky.social Living in Los Angeles. Native Californian. #MacFellow
Writer, professor. Comedian.
Author, “Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism,” which is unfortunately still relevant to understanding today’s LLMs and AI.
safiyaunoble.com
Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social Proud European 🇪🇺 Fellow at Stanford 👩🏼💻 column in FT 🗞️Member of European Parliament 2009-2019 📕Author: The Tech Coup
Olga Belogolova 🌻 @olgs7.bsky.social Director, Emerging Tech Initiative at SAIS; Professor at the Alperovitch Institute on disinformation/influence ops. SAIS & BU alum. Former IO Policy Lead at Meta, former journalist at Atlantic Media.
Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social Civil Rights & Free Speech Attorney. Disinformation & AI Expert. Nonfiction Author.
Now: Senior Counsel @freepress & 2026 Bellagio Residency Fellow @rockefeller (writing a book)
Past: Free Expression @PENamerica, Litigation @ACLU
www.norabenavidez.com
Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social Writer/lecturer on Russian influence & information warfare | lead writer of greatpower.us | Be excellent to each other
Shelby Grossman @shelbygrossman.bsky.social Professor of Practice at the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University
Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social Law & Technology researcher. Executive Director @yaleisp.bsky.social. Lecturer & Research Scholar, Yale Law School. Posts are personal.
Olga Tokariuk @olgatokariuk.bsky.social Academy Associate, Chatham House. Journalist, disinfo researcher, occasionally lecturer, speaker and moderator. Proud Ukrainian, currently in the UK
Marwa Fatafta | مروة فطافطة @marwasf.bsky.social Palestinian feminist made in Saudi | MENA Policy and Advocacy Director @AccessNow
Rachel Donald @racheldonald.bsky.social I investigate why the world is in crisis: www.planetcritical.com
I also investigate what to do about it: www.planetcoordinate.com
Join subscribers in 188 countries.
OOO until Nov.
Dr. Michelle Lynn Kahn @michellelkahn.bsky.social Historian of far-right extremism, writing a book about German & American neo-Nazis | Also: migration, racism, & sexuality in Europe/global | Author of Foreign in Two Homelands (2024) | University of Richmond | Ask me about fascism & my 3 cats
Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social Senior OSINT Investigator at @cen4infores.bsky.social. Opinions, hot takes, mistakes all my own. https://www.clippings.me/elisethomas
Seana Davis @seanadavis.bsky.social Information integrity | Exploring AI Risk Mitigation
Camille François @camillefrancois.bsky.social Professor, Columbia University School of Int'l & Public Affairs. Tech Exec, previously w/ Graphika, Niantic, Google. I work on online trust, safety and innovation. I’ve been called "most optimistic person looking at the darkest corners of the Internet" :)
Transaidency e.V. @transaidency.bsky.social
Jenna Park @jennapark.bsky.social Recovering UX/product designer. Artist, writer, mom, Gen X New Yorker. Mostly here for politics. Blogging since 2000, I now write a weekly newsletter at jennapark.substack.com
Emma Beals @ejbeals.bsky.social Constructive disrupter. Working on: the crisis in peace/conflict, disrupting aid, democracy/human rights, systems change and the mess we’re in. Former: Syria. Do: research, analysis, policy, piloting. Affiliations: EIP, MEI. Opinions my own. EmmaBeals.com
Noura Aljizawi @noura.bsky.social Senior Researcher @Citizenlab.ca , UofT
Exploring the dark dimensions of digital power: authoritarianism, transnational repression & disinformation.
Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch @anneo.bsky.social Comm tech & social media research professor by day, symphony violinist by night, outside as much as possible otherwise. German/American Pacific Northwestern New Englander, #firstgen academic, she/her, 🏳️🌈
https://anne-oeldorf-hirsch.uconn.edu
Anoosh, organizer @anoosh100.bsky.social Organizer (immigration & LGBTQ+), campaign manager, writer. Queer 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️, brown ✊🏽, & disabled ♿️.
Lg: 🇬🇧🇪🇸🇫🇷🇸🇳
All work: bit.ly/m/link2Anoosh
Political t-shirts: bonfire.com/store/downtown-angry-brown/
Parent. Armenian 🇦🇲 Filipinx 🇵🇭 American. ❤️🐕
Dina Sadek @dinamsadek.bsky.social Senior Analyst @Graphika.
I have opinions of my own.
Nicola Gaston @nicgaston.bsky.social Where do we go from here? The planet is a gunboat in a sea of fear
There is, however, such a thing as society
Azadeh Akbari @azadehakbari.bsky.social Prof. Critical Data & Technology Studies @ Goethe University Frankfurt / digital authoritarianism, surveillance, smart cities/
Co-Director @Survstudiesnet.bsky.social /
Founder @surveillancemw.bsky.social
*personal account*
Allie Funk @alfunk.bsky.social Geeking out on human rights, tech, & internet freedom. She/her.
Opinions are all mine, y’all, no one else's.
Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social Sociologist @ Tufts University
political culture & communication • digital abuse and harassment • social inequalities • media/society • democracy
Shannon Raj Singh @shannonrsingh.bsky.social Independent expert on tech & mass violence.
Athena Tech & Atrocities Advisory / Former Human Rights Counsel @ Twitter
Allie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social Assistant Prof of Psychological Sciences, Rice University
🧠 Cognitive neuroscientist/psychologist exploring how we recall the past & predict the future to change behavior
Interventions for health, climate change, & education
https://sinclairlab.rice.edu
Dr. Ashley Mattheis @draamattheis.bsky.social Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture at the University of Manchester. Researching gender, racism, and digital cultures of far-right, white supremacists, and male supremacist extremism. Views my own.
Lorena Martínez @lorenamjz.bsky.social Journalist. Head of Editorial Operations in UK & EU @logicallyfacts
Layla Mashkoor @laylam.bsky.social Deputy Director of Research, @dfrlab.bsky.social.
Johanna @discomedusae.bsky.social Hi!
I'm a feminist, a science-based nurse and a QAnon casualty. I use sarcasm when sarcasm is needed ☺️
📍Sweden
Dr Bethany Usher @bethanyusher.bsky.social Journo, academic, author. Journalism & Crime/ Journalism & Celebrity cover earliest historic origins to present and links to politics. Also focus on networked constructed reality and misinformation. Recent for The Times, Byline Times, Press Gazette
Fadah Jassem / فداء جاسم @fadahjassem.bsky.social Head of Data Visualisation 📊@TheNationalNews.com in #AbuDhabi. Recent UK expat. Syrian/Iraqi
#Journalist #Technologist #data, #AI, #OSINT & information integrity. A journalism polymath of sorts (if such a thing exists)
(Ex-Twitter Head of Curation MENA)
Yvonne Lee @yvonnelee.bsky.social GenAI & product policy external engagement @ Meta. PhD student @ Oxford Internet Institute.
Washington DC.
Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social medievalist. law & history (old) | conspiracy theories (old and new) | taiwan (new and yet to be) | chicago —> los angeles
carnegie fellow ‘24-‘26, writing a book on medieval conspiracy theories
elisedwang.com
Iryna Hnatiuk @irhnatiuk.bsky.social Fact-checker at Logically Facts
Focused on geopolitics, health misinformation, and conspiracies